Understanding Grant Cycle (GC) 7
A country’s funding request to the Global Fund is developed into one or more grants through a process called grant-making. There are four parts to grant making of which civil society based organisations should be involved all the way:
- Applying for funding
- Grant making
- Implementation
- Grant closure
This video, available in English, summarizes key changes regarding the grant-making process for Grant Cycle 7 (2023 -2025 allocation period), and how Principal Recipients, the Global Fund Country Team and other in-country partners collaborate to design a quality, implementation-ready grant.
Strategy
The Global Fund works in three-year periods aligned with Strategy which guides the actions and priorities of the Global Fund. Currently the Global Fund is implementing its strategy called Fighting Pandemics and Building a Healthier and More Equitable World: Global Fund Strategy (2023-2028) which is accessible in عربي | English | Español | Français | Português | Русский
Achievement of the Strategy’s primary goal to end AIDS, TB and malaria is underpinned by four mutually reinforcing contributory objectives that leverage the core strengths and comparative advantages of the Global Fund’s unique partnership:
- Maximizing people-cantered integrated systems for health to deliver impact, resilience and sustainability;
- Maximizing the engagement and leadership of most affected communities to leave no one behind;
- Maximizing health equity, gender equality and human rights; and
- Mobilizing increased resources.
Eligibility
A country or region’s eligibility for Global Fund support is based on its income classification and disease burden, as outlined in the Global Fund’s Eligibility Policy also available in Français.
Grant Cycle 7 (GC7)
GC7 is now midway into its implementation. To better understand more about GC7 there are excellent resources produced by organisations in addition to the Global Fund official resources. Please see pages from partner organisations:
- Women4GlobalFund – Your GC7 pathfinder: Empowering women’s knowledge of GC7 allocation cycle 2023-2025
- The Global network of people living with HIV have an excellent guide to what is new in GC7
- The Global Fund Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Communication Platform have a Toolkit to ensure the engagement of civil society, community-based organizations and key populations in the preparation of funding requests for GC7.
The grant-making section on the Global Fund website has been updated and consolidates resources for in-country partners for GC7. New or updated resources include:
- The Principal Recipient Handbook for Grant-making (August 2023), which outlines responsibilities and key considerations for this stage of the cycle and guides PRs through the different steps of grant-making. Available in English | Español | Français
- An e-learning module (July 2023) that provides an end-to-end overview of grant-making and is particularly helpful for new colleagues or those new to grant-making. Find out more about registering for iLearn here